My Personal Blog - Sarada Ramani

Recently I was in the book release function of the "Rama Sethu" by Dr Subramanian Swamy at Bridgewater Temple, New Jersey. Incidentally, my husband Ramani was honored at this function by being one of the few people who received the book from the author himself, for the small help he had done some group of people. (I will write a separate blog about this incident - how a small help which we do, serves a greater purpose for others) Some of the facts that become known to all those who gathered were Economic viability : The project, first thing is that is not economically viable (Dr Swamy has researched and found out that only ships below the 30,000 dead weight tonnage are only permitted to use this channel. As of now the percentage of such low weight ships are only 5% and in few years it is expected to come down drastically). so the number of ships eligible to go through the channel and which has the paying capability is very limited and hence the collectable payment is going t

Recently there was a news item in US newspaper that the salary for the policemen in New York is being raised. so what is great about this news item is the question anyone will ask. I was literally shocked to read through the item - you know why - it is not about the amount of raise (which is incidentally was only 10,000 $ per year) It is about the monthly salary that is being paid to these people - it is paltry sum of $ 25,000 per year, which works out to just US $ 2000 per month. You know what, our software engineers who get a job in US after having a minimum of 3-4 years get double that amount. Please dont immediately convert it into Indian rupees and say Oh my god what a salary - Just to give you a small break of expenses here Rent for a one room apartment - 1000 $ per month Food expenses - 500 $ Monthly travel expenses 100 $ Other incidentals - 400 $ So that is all that is there - what will they do for clothing, dinning out, etc. I am only assuming that they will get a rental

Our ITSME Associaiton by us and for us - We want it to be different. all the 7 EC members are of the firm opinion that we should not conduct the meeting once a month or twice a month just for the sake fo having to conduct a meeting. Also, as Entrepreneurs the thing which is close to our heart is the "growth of our compnay". so we want our assocaiton to focus on growth. all activities should necessarily orient itself towards growth of the organization either individually or collectively. So these are the key mandates we are going to work with for this year 1. Collective voice representing SMEs in IT Policy making. 2. Sharing Best Practices. 3. Human Resources augmentation among SMEs. 4. Technology/Industry training - Focus Groups. 5. Facilitating foreign delegations both Inbound and outbound, exhibitions thereby providing an effective platform for networking. 6. Potential joint Business Development platform – gaining access to geographies. 7. Improved Economies of Scale